bíogarnach

Irish

Alternative forms

• bhícearnach f

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare bíog f (“chirp”).

Noun

bíogarnach f (genitive singular bíogarnaí)

1. (act of) squeaking, chirping

Declension

Declension of bíogarnach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative bíogarnach Vocative a bhíogarnach Genitive bíogarnaí Dative bíogarnach

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bhíogarnach Genitive na bíogarnaí Dative leis an mbíogarnach don bhíogarnach

Synonyms

• bíogarnaíl f

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bíogarnach	bhíogarnach	mbíogarnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bíogarnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN